Improvement



G. J. COOPER. Leather-Greasing Machine.

Patented Dec. 9, 1879.

UNITED TA E PATENT OFFI E.)

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5 j l M PROVElyI EMT. ,I'N LEATHE Riel-i EASI NLG MACH N Es I .2

: Specificationforming ta er Iaette rs Patent' N o. egms aa December 9, 1879; applicationfiled May l3 l,l 87 9.ffli P I? To alltoho'rrztz't nzdymncer I Be it known Qthat,I,:,GHA of Ghicago,in "theQcQunty'of QGOk and State of Illinois, haveinventednewandl useful 1m t andexact description thereofgwhichiwill en able others skilled in the arttowhich myin vention'appertains to make and use the same,-

reference being had to the accompanyingdraw ings,whichform a part hereof, and in Which w Figure 3 represents a vertical section of part 5 of a leathercreasing machine embodying my invention. Fig.1 represents an end view from the right of Fig.3. Fig. 2 represents an end view from the. left of Fig. 3; and Figs. 4 and 5 represehtvertical views of two styles of 1 creases, one taken on a planepajrallel, and the other at right angle, to the line of the axis of inleather-oreasing machinescouldnot bere'ad ily andconveniently set soasgto "be. adaptedto crease leather of diflerent widths v and the object of my invention is, to provide a machine X thatwill accomplish thatresult. I

In the drawings, 0 represents a flanged hol-.

low shaft or feathered sleeve, which is i'secured upon a mandrel. (Not shown.) A re t ss of chamber, G, is sunk into fla A into which may be placed one or more washers, as shown at WW in Fig. 1. Against the washers are placed creasers BB of the same LESJ. 000mm:

iprovemen ts infLeather .Greasing Machines 5 v and I declare the following to, be a full, clear,

sleeve O-and in contact with washers W are vplaced'creasers I and B similar to thecreasers of flange A.

and maybe readily moved to and fro and sebinding-screw K. A'wooden or other roller,

upon the creasers I B and I B,

andmay be regulated by any known method. I

creasers B I and B I, adjustin gscrews S, and

Witnesses:

N. OowLEs, WM. ZIMMERMAN.

lordiflerent form or pattern, and 'theyjmay befh. in directcontaot or held apart byanysuitable packing. Adjusting-screws S S are passed through'the flange A and holes in washersWj and creasers I, and are receivedby the female 1 V threadsycutin the last creaser B.;Bywork-, I f ing said screws the creasers I B, together with such others as may be interposed between them, maybe drawn nearer to or set farther from theflange A, and securely held in thedesired position by the set-screws J, which are made to press upon the washerv W after the creasers are adjusted by the screws S; Upon the. sleeve Q is placed afeather-groovedsleeve, r I 'N, having a chambered flange, A, within which'are'placedwashers W, and upon said I and facing V The sleeve N is provided with featherin grooves 'E, which fit the feather F of shaft 0,

curedfor any desired .width of leather by the R,upon. the shaft L, presses the leatherdowni,

Having thus described my invention, wh at I claim as new, and desire to secure byLt u In a leather-creasing machine, the combinaa. tion, with the flanged sleeves O and 'N, of the f set-screws J, substantiallyas and forthe pur: I 

